Reviewing Hot House Flowers

My review of Judge John H. Wilson's children's book, Hot House Flowers, is up at Amazon. If you're not familiar with this fun little storybook, here's how the New York Post describes it:

Criminal Court Judge John Wilson's "Hot House Flowers" warns of "effects of unregulated immigration" in a plot line about beautiful flowers that wither when dandelions sneak into their greenhouse.

...the flowers are saved at the end by a benevolent master who plucks out all the dandelions. The flowers learn never to let dandelion seeds grow in their greenhouse again.

Although I felt compelled to pan the book in the end, there's a lot to like about it:

A "Final Solution" to the "Dandelion" Problem, November 28, 2006

Reviewer:

Gen. JC Christian, patriot (Tremonton, UT United States) - See all my reviews

It's very difficult for me to give this book merely one star. After all, how can a true American patriot not love a children's story in which a "benevolent master" saves a hot house by rounding up undesirables and destroying them? Unfortunately, the list of undesirable plants the master eliminates is limited to simply dandelions. That's very disappointing.

Surely others could be added to that list. How about plants with minor defects? Why should the hot house's resources be shared with them? The same goes for gardenias. I think most of the other flowers would be offended by the fertilizer gardenias enjoy. And do I even have to mention the pansies?

Hopefully Judge Wilson will correct these oversights in future books.

Here's another fine review:

Botanical miscegenation, November 27, 2006

Reviewer:

Jonathan Cohen "author" - See all my reviews

The best story of the dangers of out-of-town dandelions coming in and destroying the greenhouse with their Camaros, mosques, and ethnic cooking flavors.

You'll be flipping the pages until the climactic finale where the hot house flowers, who love the dandelions despite the different colors of their petals, burn a vitamin spike on the dandelions' front lawn. Highly recommended.

P.S. Also worth noting is the scene where one of the weeds tries to bust up a chiffarobe for a hot house flower, but ends up in hot water as a result!

A helmet tip to reader Elizabeth and Above the Law.